in reply to Intermediate Perl 2nd edition
I bought the 2nd edition, but being a beginner, I'm not experienced enough to be able to identify 'dramatic differences'. However, given it's been 6-7 yrs since the first edition, I'd say there must be some new concepts worth exploring for that money, like in any other updated text. For what it's worth...
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